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Revision 1.37 - (hide annotations)
Sat Mar 9 20:29:03 2002 UTC (22 years ago) by nmav
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.36: +1 -0 lines
Added the --disable-dynamic-loading parameter to the configure script,
and instructions for how to build the library for staticaly linking.

1 nmav 1.36 Mar 09th 2002:
2     - Several corrections in stream and block cipher modes.
3 nmav 1.37 - Added --disable-dynamic-loading configure option
4 nmav 1.36
5 nmav 1.35 Feb 14th 2002:
6     - nOFB and nCFB modes can now encrypt and decrypt plaintext
7     of size less than block size.
8    
9     Feb 1st 2002: (version 2.4.22)
10     - Corrected nasty bug in init code
11    
12     Jan 31 2002: (version 2.4.21)
13     - Corrected problems in Makefiles
14     - Minor bug fixes
15    
16 nmav 1.34 Jan 24th 2002: (version 2.4.20)
17     - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_open()
18    
19 nmav 1.33 Dec 15th 2001: (version 2.4.19)
20 nmav 1.32 - Cleanups in the code.
21    
22     Nov 9th 2001: (version 2.4.18)
23     - Fixed memory leak
24    
25     Sep 24th 2001: (version 2.4.17)
26 nmav 1.31 - Corrected bug in mcrypt_module_get_supported_key_size()
27 nmav 1.29 - Removed unneeded strdup declaration.
28 nmav 1.30 - Corrected bug in ofb mode (reported by Phillip Oleson)
29     - Corrected some bugs in configure.in (patch by Phillip Oleson)
30 nmav 1.29
31 nmav 1.30 Sep 8th 2001: (version 2.4.16)
32 nmav 1.24 - Added option to include algorithms and modes into the library
33     (making possible a static library)
34 nmav 1.25 eg. './configure --with-included-algos="rijndael-128 twofish cbc ecb"' will add
35     rijndael, twofish with cbc and ecb into the library
36 nmav 1.26 - Added nCFB mode (experimental)
37 nmav 1.28 - Changed mcrypt_strerror() return value to const.
38 nmav 1.24
39 nmav 1.23 Jul 12th 2001:
40     - Corrected readdir_r() behavior in Solaris
41     (Patch by Andrew Libby <alibby@commnav.com>)
42    
43 nmav 1.22 June 9th 2001: (version 2.4.15)
44     - Check if the installed libltdl includes lt_dlmutex_register()
45     - Fixes in libmcrypt-config script
46    
47 nmav 1.21 May 18th 2001: (version 2.4.13)
48 nmav 1.20 - Corrects behaviour when an older libltdl is found in the system.
49 nmav 1.21 - Updated mcrypt_mutex_register()
50 nmav 1.20
51 nmav 1.19 May 17th 2001: (version 2.4.12)
52 nmav 1.20 - Updated the libltdl library included
53 nmav 1.18 - Several fixes in modules
54 nmav 1.19 - Added scripts to allow easier and faster library version detection
55 nmav 1.23
56     April 30th 2001: (version 2.4.11)
57     - Corrected memory leaks in mcrypt_module_close()
58 nmav 1.18
59 nmav 1.17 March 18th 2001: (version 2.4.10)
60     - Corrected bugs in blowfish and blowfish-compat
61    
62 nmav 1.16 January 23th 2001: (version 2.4.9-beta)
63 nmav 1.15 - Due to an endianness handling problem Blowfish algorithm was not compatible
64     with other implementations. Now it has been corrected. If you want
65     to access the old algorithm used use the "blowfish-compat" module.
66 nmav 1.10 - Fixes in mcrypt_list_algorithms() for some systems. Bugs pointed out by
67     Jonathan Woolmington <jwool@ind.tansu.com.au>
68 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in stream mode.
69 nmav 1.11 - mcrypt_generic_init() no longer fails if smaller key is used. It uses
70     the most appropriate key size of the algorithm and pads with zeros.
71 nmav 1.14 - Fixes in wake algorithm (and support for IV).
72     - IV is now used in arcfour (arcfour-iv is now longer used). Speedups in Arcfour.
73 nmav 1.16 - mcrypt_generic_deinit() function added.
74 nmav 1.8
75 nmav 1.7 January 1st 2001: (version 2.4.8)
76     - Corrected bug in rijndael-256 (reported by: Sami Farin <sfarin@ratol.fi>)
77     This makes the algorithm incompatible with previous versions.
78    
79 nmav 1.5 October 20th 2000: (version 2.4.6)
80     - Compiles under win32 using cygwin (with -mno-cygwin)
81 nmav 1.6 - Added mcrypt_strerror()
82 nmav 1.5
83 nmav 1.4 September 18th 2000: (version 2.4.5)
84     - Updates in the documentation
85     - Libmcrypt can now be used without libltdl (in systems where libdl is present)
86 nmav 1.3 - Added the mcrypt_enc_set_state() function.
87 nmav 1.2 - Speedups in the blowfish algorithm
88    
89 nmav 1.1 May 12th, 2000: (version 2.4.4)
90     - Added Panama algorithm
91    
92     April 3rd, 2000: (version 2.4.2)
93     - Added missing symbols.
94    
95     April 2nd, 2000: (version 2.4.1)
96     - Bugfixes
97     - Internal changes in mode modules
98     - Changes in the documentation
99    
100     March 19th, 2000: (version 2.4.0)
101     - Corrected bugs in the extra algorithms.
102     - Libmcrypt is now thread safe without need for posix thread locks.
103     - Libmcrypt is no longer compatible with 2.2 or 2.3 version.
104     - Speedups in the library.
105     - The crypt algorithm has changed. In order for it's output to be compatible
106     with the unix crypt output, the key must be generated using crypt(3).
107     This was made in order to remove the key transformation, which was
108     included in the algorithm.
109     - The crypt algorithm was renamed to enigma.
110     - Changed many function's names in order to minimize namespace polution.
111     View the manpage for more information.
112    
113     March 4th, 2000: (version 2.3.4)
114     - Improved POSIX Threads detection by Sascha Schumann
115     - Arcfour was renamed to arcfour-iv. The arcfour algorithm now does not
116     support iv (as the original algorithm does).
117     - Modes for block algorithms are not limited any more to a 256 bit block size.
118     - Mcrypt 2.2 compatibility functions were added.
119     - mcrypt_get_algo_key_size(), mcrypt_get_algo_block_size() functions
120     were added.
121    
122     February 28th, 2000: (version 2.3.3)
123     - Some dlsyms were cached causing a 50% increase in speed.
124    
125     February 27th, 2000:
126     - A slightly modified version of libmcrypt 2.2.4 was released in order
127     for mcrypt 2.5.0 to be able to compile against that series of libmcrypt.
128    
129     February 22, 2000:
130     - mcrypt_is_block_algorithm_mode(), mcrypt_is_block_mode(),
131     mcrypt_is_block_algorithm(), functions were added.
132     - Bugfixes in the mcrypt_module_self_test().
133    
134     February 8th, 2000:
135     - Keygen functionality was added to the cvs version of libmhash.
136     Libmcrypt seems to compile fine.
137    
138     January 21st, 2000:
139     - Locks were added to libltdl calls so libmcrypt is still thread safe.
140    
141     January 20th, 2000: (version 2.3.0)
142     - Tried to include libltdl. Not succesful yet. It compiles but it does
143     not work.
144     - keygen functionality was removed. It will be added to libmhash
145     http://schumann.cx/mhash
146    
147     January 13th, 2000:
148     - Changed the sha-1 algorithm implementation
149     - mcrypt_get_iv_size now calls the specified mode, not the algorithm
150     - arcfour was added.
151    
152     December 12th, 1999:
153     - Included patches by Steve Underwood, to allow an arbitary number of
154     streams of encryption.
155     - Thread locking was changed, in order to allow multiple encryption, and avoid
156     dead locks.
157    
158     December 10th, 1999:
159     - Wake algorithm now supports IV.
160    
161     December 4th, 1999:
162     - Changes in modules/modes in order to be thread-safe.
163    
164     December 2nd, 1999:
165     - Bug fixes in the panama and xtea algorithms.
166     - The version of the module now can be checked at run-time (check mcrypt.h)
167    
168     November 30th, 1999:
169     - Corrections in the panama algorithm, in order to work fine in big-endian
170     machines.
171    
172     November 29th, 1999:
173     - encrypt() function crypt.c was renamed to __encrypt() in order to compile
174     in some systems.
175     - version number is included in the modules.
176     - mcrypt_list_algorithms(), mcrypt_list_modes() and mcrypt_list_keygen() now
177     check if the file is an mcrypt module (has the _mcrypt_xxx_version function).
178    
179     November 28th, 1999:
180     - MARS was added (as a separate module)
181    
182     November 26th, 1999:
183     - mcrypt_perror(int) function was added. It prints the text of an mcrypt
184     error code.
185     - Versioning has been changed. The release is no longer included in the library
186     name.
187     - Documentation was updated.
188    
189     November 25th, 1999:
190     - crypt() and setkey() functions for enigma, were renamed to __crypt() and
191     __setkey() to keep some libcs happy.
192     - Corrected typo mistakes in twofish.c.
193     - Patched wake.c to work in bigendian machines.
194     - IDEA, RC4, RC6 which were non-free now are in a separate distribution.
195    
196     November 24th, 1999:
197     - sdes key generation module was corrected. Now it works fine with
198     des(1).
199    
200     November 20th, 1999:
201     - Mcrypt is now modular. Modes, algorithm, and key generation modules, can
202     be loaded dynamically.
203    
204     November 17th, 1999:
205     - PANAMA stream algorithm was added (experimental).
206     - WAKE stream algorithm was added (experimental).
207    
208     November 13th, 1999:
209     - Blowfish algorithm was changed, it is now compatible with other implementations.
210     - Accessing algorithms is now different. You do not specify TWOFISH_256, to
211     access TWOFISH algorithm with 256 bit key, but TWOFISH with keylength of
212     32 bytes (==256 bits). This is more flexible than the previous API since
213     you can access more keys.
214    
215     October 16th, 1999:
216     - The new API is completed.
217     - STREAM mode was added.
218     - RC4 was added.
219    
220     October 15th, 1999:
221     - libmcrypt is maintained using CVS.
222     - Major changes in the internal of the library. Much cleaner code.
223    
224     October 14th, 1999:
225     - Serpent was added.
226    
227     October 10th, 1999:
228     - Bugfix in sha1.
229    
230     October 4th, 1999:
231     - Bugfixes in rc2 and rc6.
232     - rijndael implementation by Mike Scott was added.
233    
234     September 29th, 1999:
235     - Minor bugfixes and optimization in the library. Now it uses less memory.
236    
237     September 20th, 1999:
238     - Fixes in RC2, RC6 and SAFER+ code, so they work the same way in
239     big-endian and little-endian machines.
240     - Porting of SERPENT, MARS and RIJNDAEL is not ready, they do
241     not work right in bigendian machines.
242     - Bugfixes in the tests. Tests failed if one or two algorithms failed.
243    
244     September 19th, 1999
245     - SERPENT was added in 128,192,256 key modes.
246    
247     September 15th, 1999
248     - MARS and RIJNDAEL were added in 128,192,256 key modes.
249     - RC6 was splitted to RC6_128, RC6_192 and RC6_256 (the old RC6 is equal to RC6_256)
250     - RC2 was splitted to RC2_128, RC2_256 and RC2_1024 (the old RC2 is equal to RC2_1024)
251    
252     September 14th, 1999
253     - Twofish code was changed. Now it uses Dr Brian Gladman's code.
254     - RC2 code was changed.
255    
256     June 26th, 1999
257     - buffer overflow fixed in lib/mcrypt.c. Pointed out by Don Sutherland <dss@yadda.net>
258    
259     June 23th, 1999
260     - RC2 code was cleared.
261     - RC6 was changed according to the specification. It is RC6 32/20/32.
262     RC6, SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 codes are actually Dr Brian Gladman's
263     code a bit modified for mcrypt.
264     - shared library version has changed (at last!)
265    
266     June 22th, 1999
267     - SAFER+, LOKI97 and CAST-256 Added.
268    
269     June 15th, 1999 - Version 2.2
270     - Changes in the xTEA algorithm. Some extra parenthesis made the algorithm
271     differ from the specification. Pointed out by Lars Nordentoft
272     <lntech@post9.tele.dk>. Read the README.xtea for more information.
273    
274     June 12th, 1999 - Version 2.1.1
275     - Changes in the documentation which was inaccurate.
276    
277     June 11th, 1999 - Version 2.1
278     - _mcrypt_ was placed as a prefix to all internal functions so they
279     do not pollute namespace.
280    
281     May 29th, 1999
282     - test suites added
283     - Blowfish was divided to blowfish-448, -256, -192, -128.
284     - CBC can now accept IV
285     - mlock and munlock is used before mallocing and freeing any memory,
286     thus if such capabilities exist the library guarrantees that no
287     password is written in the disk (as swap etc.)
288     - gen_key_md5() was added and gen_key() was renamed to gen_key_sha1()
289     gen_key() is still defined to be gen_keysha1().
290    
291     May 26th, 1999 - Version 2.0
292     - Documentation was incorrect and innacurate. Corrected.
293     - A #define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 0 was removed from acconfig.h, this
294     was confusing all the library headers, and thus the library was
295     useless.
296     - nbit-ofb mode added. n is the blocksize of the algorithm. Still
297     experimental.
298    
299     May 24th, 1999 - Version 1.93
300     - defined get_block_size to be mcrypt_get_block_size so php3.0.8 compiles ok
301    
302     May 17th, 1999 - Version 1.9
303     - gen_key() changed
304     - libtool support (based on Sascha Schumann's patches)

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